Bologna, 14 May 2024 – “Dear friend, I am writing to you”. And the From the Ara celebrate. It’s the sweetest music in the world for all the Bolognese fans, because when they hear it they know that Bologna won.
The players’ tribute to Lucio Dalla: the team sings ‘The year to come’ in Casteldebole
It’s ‘The Year to Come’ by Lucio Dalla, which over the years has become the song that plays in the speakers of the Dall’Ara stadium at the end of the match. A fantastic moment for the rossoblù fans, who combined with Lucio’s voice released all the joy of the three points into the sky. Even more so in a beautiful season, which culminated with the qualification in two days from the end Champions League. Bologna have only collected two defeats at home so far in the entire championship, against Inter and Milan. It has therefore become a habit for rossoblù fans to return home with the notes of de still in their heads ‘The coming year’.
Notes they have infected even the whole team: as revealed in a video published on the social media of Bologna, from the players to the medical staff, up to the physiotherapists and warehouse workers, everyone in Casteldebole hugged each other singing together ‘Dear friend, I’m writing to you…’. A gesture that testifies to the very strong bond between the team, the city and the fans. Waiting to hear the song again, who knows, even at the end of Bologna-Juventus Monday evening, the party will still be there anyway: we are awaiting official information on the open-top bus tour that will tour the city with the players on board, which could happen right at the end of the match that counts for third place.
After the celebrations, we also begin to look to the future at the rossoblù. In fact, the renewal of Thiago Motta, expiring at the end of the season. The club’s intention is clear, as the sporting director also said Marco Di Vaio to Radio24: “We will do everything to detain Mister Motta as everyone knows – his words -, our will is very clear, we look forward to sitting at the table with him. There are important topics to put on the table to continue with Bolognabut we will respect his will.”
Whatever happens, the coach will still have to be thanked for his feat Champions: “The first thing I feel like saying – continue Di Vaio -, regardless of everything, it is to thank Motta for what he has done for Bologna, for his seriousness, for his work group, he has also improved, he has changed his way of playing – he added – Motta was able enhance all training. Now with the 5 substitutions you can turn the game around, all the players are more valued and involved.”
But Motta he wasn’t the only protagonist: among the players Zirkzee also deserves a special mention. “He can become a striker who scores many goals because he lacks nothing from a technical point of view. Hunger comes with eating, he likes to play a good game, but he understood that you also have to score bad goals, because sometimes he left the pitch angry “.
